Smooth transition

Earning America East Player of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks isn't too shabby.

So is the case for graduate student forward Lisa Kevorkian of the Boston University women's soccer team, who earned this week's accolade after netting the game-winning goal in BU's 2-0 win over the University of New Hampshire Sunday in the conference opener for both squads.

Her breakaway goal &- off an assist from freshman midfielder Emma Clark &- in the 20th minute of Sunday's contest was her team-leading eighth of the season, putting her two goals ahead of junior forward Jessica Luscinski.

Kevorkian's seven goals and 16 points through 11 games into the 2010 campaign is tops in the conference. On Sunday, the Terriers (6-5-0, 1-0 AE) outshot the Wildcats by a wide margin of 30-4. Kevorkian lead the way with seven shots of her own.

"I was definitely trying to take my player on one versus one more and maybe cut inside and get a few shots," Kevorkian said Sunday of her offensive mentality against UNH. "But it wasn't an objective of mine coming into the game."

<strong>Anxiety attack</strong>

For 16 seasons during the tenure of BU coach Nancy Feldman, the women's soccer team has consistently been one of the winningest programs here on Commonwealth Avenue.

This decade alone, BU has racked up seven AE titles and made eight trips to the NCAA tournament. It has been especially dominant to say the least in conference play, recording the "W' in 23 of its last 24 league matches dating back to 2007.

Feldman had an interesting response to what she attributes her team's continued success year in and year out.

"To my anxiety," Feldman said. "I can get very focused on what's in front of me. Sometimes the season goes by and I think, "Wow, how did the season go by so fast?' because I'm looking at the next thing in front of me. Maybe that's just become our way, because it's been my way.

"It's the only way I know to be successful consistently and to me, that is the judge of a great program. It's not one-hit wonders, winning one big game. It's can you show up every day, keep getting better and keep being consistent about how good you can be. That's my belief system, so if that gets sprinkled down to the kids and the program, great. That's how I want us to look like."

<strong>Staying under par</strong>

Junior goalkeeper Alice Binns and freshman keeper Kelly King rank first and second in AE with goals-against averages of 0.59 and 1.18, respectively. With its suffocating and impenetrable defense, the BU backline &amp;- anchored by tri-captains Lina Cords and Corie Halasz &amp;- has also played a crucial role in producing such low GAAs for the two netminders.

"They're pretty determined to achieve some goals that we set," Feldman said. "Some goals that we set are we want to be undefeated in the conference and we also have goals for goals-against average. We set a number and we're still under that number. They've taken a lot of pride in staying under that number.

"Every one versus one duel that they can win and doesn't result in a shot gets us closer to our goals-against goal."

<strong>We talkin' "bout practice? </strong>

BU's most impressive win of the season wasn't any of its previous 3-0 victories over American University, Washington University, Harvard University or the University of Connecticut.

It had to be Sunday's win over UNH, a contest in which the Terriers controlled play from start to finish and overwhelmed the Wildcats in every facet of the game. Give credit to Saturday's practice for that stellar display of offensive precision.

"We turned a corner [Saturday] in practice," Feldman said.

"We realized we could be a little bit more patient in attack while we were aggressive. I thought [Sunday] the practice transferred, but we had to take that step where we believed if we kept the ball and we kept it moving, we were going to open up better opportunities.

"We did it in practice, and we did it in the game. We wanted to play 90 minutes."